- Date
- April 20, 1985, 06:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kodiak, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5442ZCessna U206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850420014999A
- Case key
- 4479
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft performance,turn capability - exceededCause
In-flight planning/decision - poorFactor
PressureFactor
Inadequate surveillance,inadequate procedureFactor
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - attemptedFactor
Judgment - poorFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Altitude - inadequateFactor
Maneuver - excessiveCause
Stall/spin - uncontrolledCause
Analysis
Acft made low alt steep 180 deg turn, stalled & spun into water. Acft had just taken off & was to spot flsh for three fishing vessels.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5442Z
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20606113
- Airframe hours
- 3,244
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Robert G. Stanford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 15, 1985 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- Paramanof Bay, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 2,865 as pilot in command · 141 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.